The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 25, 1906, Image 5
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25,1906.
The Sumter Watchman was founded in
?850 and the True Southron in 1866. The
Watchman and Southron now has the com?
bined circulation and influence of both of
the old papers, and is marniestly the best
Advertising medium in Sumter.
?t is asserted that there will be a
fcolid anti-dispensary legislative ticket
ta the field in this county and that an
organized effort will be made to elect
t&etn. It will be a pity to start such a
3?ght, for it will do no goo tl. Let all
Vho wish to go to the legislature en?
ter the race on their individual mer?
its; bu;.-for heaven's sake do not be?
stia another factional fight, that will
divide the democrats of the county
foto iwo hostile camps. The people
^? the county can decide between dis
^fe?sary and anti-dispensary candi?
dates without having a slated ticket
Scammed down their throats by either
dispensary or anti-dispensary-organ
&ation. The candidates should and
\cili declare their positions on this
. question, and the people should be
left, to decide between them, without
.the dictation of a self-constituted
"campaign committee. "We opposed the
effort to hold a State conference of
dispensary advocates with a view of
Jrerfecting a campaign organization,
^Lnd declined to have anything to .-do
'frith ii. "We oppose any similar or?
ganization or any slate ticket in the
"bounty by either anti- or pro-dispen
^aryites, for the same reason-the
\ -^ters are fully competent to decide
xviio they want to represen! them. For
"^Hrselves, we would much prefer to
Slave a first class man, Vh'o is oppos
to the dispensary, represent" Sum?
mer county in the legislature than
?Sbsae scrub who may have nothing to
.Wecommend him except his professed
Sitel?ef in the dispensary system. If
\ve elect honest men of intelligence,
V?O are ' not fanatics, and therefore
'^UD?snable to reason, there will be no
teeed tc worry, for they will act, when
^he time comes for them to act, as
?they honestly believe is for the best
interests of the State.
* ? ?
.Mr. ? Fraser Lyon charges the <
,;State dispen^ery directors with gross
*.nd unwarranted favoritism in the
imynaent of the claims of whiskey
douses. _ He charges that the houses
~ heretofore represented by J. S. Far
feani and Director Black, got practi
"caJ?y. all of the money paid out and
.^that other houses that had proven by
taieir books that there had never been
'tey crokedness in their dealings with
^his dispensary got not a cent. Mr.
"iyon makes out a strong case against
'^the present board of directors and the
'Alleged facts he cites in support of
$?s charges ar-e exceedingly damaging,
bending to destroy the last vestige of
fcrablic confidence in the fairness and
t&tegrity of the board, if not proven to :
-fee untrue/ ^
* . .
newspaper men of the State ,
Vent down to the Isle of Palms to ,
?^st and frolic, but Editor Hemphill i
ixl the News and Courier was too foxy ;
l&r his country brethren and succeed- .
^d. in rounding up the whole bunch <
%Efcd putting them to work. The re. ait i
>*as Editor Hemphill, Billy BaU and <
~*fche whole gang of grinders in the ;
^Stews and Courier editorial mill hare .]
Hfoate the resting while the fellows
" 'tran the rural districts have filled the j
^%&torial page with bright, sparkling,
**Htty? weighty and posy stuff. The
country printers couldn't resist the
'Wiles ot the Metropolitan, journalist, i
"When the people of Sumter recover .
v&rom. the prevailing epidemic of base- <
^fcilitis it is to be hoped they :
turn to * the consideration of :
^fce sewerage problem with at least j
<%$a&l enthusiasm and a great deal ?
^Nwre earnestness of purpose and de
^B?ttn?nation. A sewerage system is an
absolute and immediate necessity and
^? ?the means are not in hand to pro- ,
>fcfc?te it, steps must ?be taken to find a
to procure the means. A town
3?K000 inhabitants might worry
.^fclong without sewerage if it had no
>??ter ?y^em to create a great vol
'.\?Q% of sewerage that ought td be re
iai^ved beyond the town limits, but
?"wStb. a water system so generally used
?ours a sewerage system cannot be
Ofesp?nsed with for l?nS without en?
dangering the health of the c-ommu
* * * ,
-^Baseball is^n interesting sport and
;;?>?>e;4J.s to a larger number of people
.tbaea arv other, but unless baseball
'i?t? be played wit.:-.ut the constant
'bicker:r.g between the several teams
?feftd the repeated charges and counter
v-j.-arges of unfairness, cheating, rot
<:y.>i umpiring every time one team de?
ists another in a close game, base
Wll had best be abandoned. Ali the
Ijrfens?re to be derived from the sport
*l>*es not counter balance the ill will
U?4 suspicion between people and
places that the games have already
^itwased.
? ? .
-Senator Tillman^ speeches which
ytfert advertised to be illuminating are
fctf-wming merely inflammatory.
* . ?
^Director Wylie of the State dis
pensary board ootnes back at Mr. J.
Fraser Lyon, saying in effect that he
does not know what he is talking
about and that his alleged facts are
not facts at all, but misstatements.
There you are. Does anybody know
anything about how t'.e financial af?
fairs, of thc State dispensary stand at
the present moment? One fact stands
out already as the result of Mr. Ly?
on's and the State Board's efforts
viz: that the last legislature w'as guil?
ty of a great folly when it did not en?
act the Raysor-Manning bili and
thereby abolish the $400 State board.
Tillman, the Senator.
There can be no doubt of the fact
that Senator/Tillman is one of the
most conspicious men in public life
and that he comes in for more criti?
cism, favorable and unfavorable, than
most of his colleagues. He occupies
a place ali his own, a place many
would not i^nvy him for, but at the
same time one that exceedingly few
could occupy. His ability, is not ques?
tioned, his political honesty seems to
be beyond cavil, his physical courage
is not doubted and his willingness to
say ugly disagreeable things which
he believes it is the peoples' interest
to. have said has been abundantly
proven time and again. Doubtless
he enjoys the notoriety that his un?
conventional* pitchfork thrusts gives
him, but with it all there seems to be
a courage born of genuine conviction
and a purpose to defend the rights
of the many against the privileges of
the few. Men listen to his words,
whether they enjoy his attack or not,
and.many of his colleagues are be?
ginning to heed them in a way they
did not design to do when he first en?
tered the United States Senate.
In a current issue of The Inde?
pendent character sketch of the
senator, written by Gibson Gardner,
of -Washington, W/hich, . while not
strictly an eulogy, leaves do noubt in
the mind of the reader that Tillman
had made himself felt as a power in
the senate and that enterig - it as
the friend of the farmer "he has be?
come the champion of the independ?
ent miners of coal, of consumers and
shippers, of thousands outside his
state and calling, ?who have sought
representation against combinations
of power and greed.' Mr. Gardner
acknowledges that Tillman, the sen?
ator, is better known for "his intem?
perate speech than for his construc?
tive statesmanship,' but asserts that
his growth in this latter direction is
wonderfully rapid. Says- the writer:
"Tillman is a violent man. He is
subject to attacks of uncontrollable
rage, at which times he is to all in?
tents and purposes quite irresponsi-v
ble. Into such fits of frenzy he has
often been thrown by the thoughtless
or mischevious flaunting of the negro^
question, by some northen senator,
?o whom the problem is a purely acad?
emic one. It is then Tillman be?
comes savagely picturesque. Out ' of
his seat, and hallway up the middle
aisle his square jaw set, and the une
eye burning like a hot coal, lae is
every inch a menace. His words be?
come like the barking and snapping
of a dog. The seamed visage is now
more drawn, the Hps curl into a sneer,
while his whole frame trembles with
emotion. If the artist couid repro
duce that moment, adding a red ban?
dana handkerchif over the -forehead,
a, cutlass in the hand and ? dagger
between the teeth, he would have a
perfect pirate bc%rding the mercan?
tile ship."
Tile Best of all Excursions.
Have you made up your njjrtS to
take in that delightful trip to Augusta
on Monday, August 6 th, via. the fasf
md famous Atlantic Coast Line? If
50, remember that the train will leave
the depot at the advertised time from
this point, which is 7:05 a. m., and
In view of the fact that there will be
a tremendous crowd, it will be abso?
lutely necessary to be on hand early.
Don't wait until the train is ready to
go, but get there in time for a seat.
There will be -no crowding, as the
management will allow only a cer?
tain number on board, and all who
are successful in getting on will have
the pleasure of enjoying a comfortable
ride, which will not be characterized
by jostling and crowding. The fare
for this great trip is only $1.60 from
this point. \7h?.t more does one want
in the way of an excursion? Such an
offer is seldom presented to the pub- j
lie and those who fail to take advan- j
tage of it \,ill have occasion for re- ?
gret. Train will Iva ve Augusta on thc \
return^ at 8:00 j>. ni.
Coron?-* Flowers received a mes
sage ;ib<>ur o'clock on Saturday
that two chilren had been found dead
<>;i Mr. Willie DuBose's place bout
three an a half miles from the city.
It seems that the chilrerr who were be?
tween three and four years of age, had
been playing with a rifle on the floor '
which was in some manner discharged
the load going entirely through the j
bodies of each of them. Full particu?
lars could not be obtained owing to
the lateness of the hour.
The watermelon season is in full
bloom now and the street loafers al?
ways seem to have the price of a mel?
on. The dispensary receipts probably
show a falling off.
I
CZAR TELLS WHY HE DH) IT.
Text ol the Imperial Manifesto Dis?
solving the Russian Parliament.
St. Petersburg, July 22.-Following
is the text of the Imperial manifesto
dissolving parliament:
"We called the representatives of
the nation by our^vill to work of pro?
ductive legislation, confiding firmly in
Divine clemency and believing in the
great and brilliant future of our peo?
ple. We expected the benefits for the
country from their labors, we pro?
posed great reforms in all depart?
ments of national life. We have al?
ways devoted the greatest care to the
removal of the ignorance of the peo?
ple by the light of instruction and to
the removal of the burdens of the peo?
ple by facilitating conditions of agri?
cultural* work.
"A cruel diappointment has befall?
en our expectations. The representa?
tives of the nation, instead of applying
themselves to the work of productive
legislation, strained into a sphere be?
yond their competence and have been
making comments on the imperfec?
tions of the fundamental laws, which
can only be modified by our Imperial
will. In short, the representatives of
'.he nation have undertaken reallt
i
illegal acts such as an appeal to the
nation by Parliament.
The peanants, disturbed by such
anomalies, .s?emg no* hope for ?he
amelioration of their lot, rssjrted in \
number of districts to oom pillage,
destruction ot ether people's property
and disobedience to law. But our
subjects ought to remember that im
! provement in the lot of the people is
j only possible under conditions, of per?
fect order and tranquility. We shall
not allov.' arbitrary illegal acts, and
shall impose our imperial will on the
disobedient by all the force of the
power of the State.
"We call on well disposed Russians
to unite for the maintenance of legal
power and the restoration of peace to
our dear fatherland. May calm be re?
established in the Russian land. May'
God help us realize the chiefest of our ,
tasks, that of reform of the lot of the
peasants. Our will on this point is
unshakable, and Russian husbandmen,
without other people's property being
encroached upon, will be supplied, in
cases where peasants' lands are too
small, with legal and honest means for
the enlargement of their property.
Representatives of other classes will,
at our request, devote ail efforts to the
realization of this great task, which
will be performed definitely in a legis?
lative manner by a future Parlament.
"In dissolving Parliament we con
?rm our immutable intention of keep?
ing this institution and in conformity
with this intention we appoint March
, 1907, the date for the convocation
of the new Parliament by ukase ad?
dressed to the Senate.
"With z.n unshakable belief in di?
vine clemency and the good sense of,
FRENCHG
Our stock again rc
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the Russian people, we shall expect
from the new Parliament a realization
of our efforts by their introduction of
legislation in accordance with the re?
quirements of regenerated Russia.
"Faithful sons of Russia, your em?
peror calls on you to unite with him
for the regeneration of the holy Fa?
therland. *.
"We believe these gt ants in
thought and action will appear, and.
that thanks to their assidious efforts,
the glory of Russia will continue to
shine."
FLORENCE S GALA WEEK.
A Week of Fun and Amusement For
Those Who Attend.
A representative of the Daily Item
returned form our hustling sister city
of Florence on Monday. While
over there he heard nothing but talk
about the great gala week which will
begin Monday, September 3, next, and
contiue for six days.
There will be military parades and
prize drills, automobile races, hose reel
contests, horse and cattle shows, driv?
ing contests, a carnival company will
also be there with a number of new
and first class attractions, there will be
a floral parade and other open air
events, absolutely free, execpt the
tent attractions of the canival com
pany, which it is expected will be on
hand. Florence has heretofore not
spread herself along the gala week
attractions, and has contented herself
with sending her firemen; her sol?
diers and her citizens to Sumter, Dar?
lington, Columbia, Orangeburg and
Charleston and other places to par?
ticipate in events of this kind and
to help make the gala week attract?
ions of various other towns successes.
But now the good natured, hospitable
people of the Gate City of South Car?
olina has determined to return the
hospitality of South Carolina, and to
show that Florence can do. And it
is the duty of Sumter people who have
been the recipients of much support
from the Florence people during our
galla week and fall festival celebra?
tions to go over to Florence in full
force during the week commencing
September 3rd.
A Sudden Death.
Bishopville, Jone 20.-E. P. Bounds,
I a lightning-rod agent, who has been
workiue in this section for some time,
died very suddenly today of heart
disease. He was about 40 years old
and is said to have come from Geor?
gia.
All citizens residing in Ward 2, who
are otherwise qualified to vote in the
Democratic primary, are requested to
call on R. D. Epps. Secretary of Ward
! 2 Democratic Club, and have their
names entered on the Club roll. Fail?
ure to enroll will debar you from vot?
ing in the primary. Mr. Epps? can be
found at the office of Belser & Epps,
I North Main Street.
MMENTS.
;plete with pretty
sT styles irs
ii Underwear.
ied9 lace and em?
These garments
ited to give satis
Underskirts.
ID all lengths 50 cents, 75
cents, $1.
Drawers,
?
Tucked, with lace and em?
broidery finish. 25 cents, 50
cents, 75 cents, ?1.
an Evil.
to see our PURITAN
SUPPORTS for misses
Lclined to stoop in neck
ce is perfectly comfort
the double purpose of
ndergarments.
b Company
FOR SALI:-Young Cow, three
quarter Jersey, one quarter Hol?
stein, calf four months old. Gives
12 quarts milk. Alva MeLlett, Sum?
ter R. F. D. Xo 3.
FOR SALE-5-horse farm, Rafting
Creek township on Charleston road,
opposite Mr. E. R. Alston's T. P.
Sanders.
-.*^---?
$14.25
-TO
Washington, P. 0., and return
Atlantic Coast Line
Account Negro Yonng People's Chris?
tian and Educational Conference, July
31st to August otb, 1906.
Tickets on sale July 27th, 30th and
31st, final limit August 8th. Exten?
sion of final limit to Sept. 8th may be
obtained by deposit of ticket with
Special Agent, Washington, D. C.,
between the hours of 8:30 a. m. and 6
p. m. daily except Sunday, or between
the hours of 9 a. m. and 2 p. m. Sun?
days, not earlier than July 27th, nor
later than Augnst 8th and payment of
fee of fifty cents.
For further information communi?
cate with your nearest ticket agent
or write
T. C. WHITE,
General Passenger Agent.
W. J. CRAIG.
Passenger Traffic Manager,
Wilmington, N. C.
DSTOTIC?L
Campaign Meetings, Filing Pledges,
Assessments, Etc.
Pursuant to the resolution of the
County Executive Committee, meet?
ings ol the county campaign are here?
by called as-follows:
? Privateer, July 31st. '
Wedgefield, August 3d.
Shiloh, August 7th.
Mayesville, August 10th.
Dalzell, August 21st.
Graded School Square, Sumter, Au?
gust 2 4: th, at night.
Sumter, Court House, August 25th.
The following assessments were
made by the committee:
State Senate, $15; House of Repre?
sentatives, $10; Auditor, $15; Treas?
urer, $15; Judge of Probate, $10; Su?
pervisor, $15; Superintendent of Edu?
cation, $10; Magistrates in county,
$2.50, fin the city of Sumter, $7.50.
Assessments must be paid by 12
o'clock m. of July 28th.
The following pledges must be
filed:
1. Pledge with County Chairman
or Secretary to abide by the result o*
the primary, etc., etc., being the usual
pledge. This pledge must be filed by
12 o'clock m. of July 28th.
2. Pledge with Clerk of Court in
conformity with the provisions of an
act of the General Assembly, entitled
"An Act Making Certain Offences in
Primary Elections Misdemeanors, and
Prescribing Penalties Therefor;" ap?
proved March 6th, 1905. The pledge
required by this act must be filed by a
candidate before he enters upon his
campaign, and requires all candidates
at the conclusion of the campaign and
before the primary election to render
to the Clerk of the Court a statement
of all mon?y spent or provided during
the campaign for campaign purposes
up to that time, and immediately aft?
er the election a statement of all mon?
ey spent pr provided in the primary
election. The pledge required to be
filed with the Clerk is of equal' im?
portance as the party piedgo required
to b? filed with the County Chairman,
as the failure to comply with the pro?
visions of the ?ct above referred to
renders the election null and void as
to the candidate or candidates failing
to file the required pledge, etc.
All clubs which not re-organized as
yet, will please do so at once, send
name of Executive Committeeman to
the undersigned, appoint a committee
to correct and revise the club lists.
Executive Committeemen who have
not as jfet done so, will please send
to the undersigned the names of three
managers or election for the primary
at tneir respective clubs.
All pledges under the resolution of
the Executive Committee must be filed
and assessments paid by 12 o'clock
m. of July 2Sth, 1906.
JOHN H. CLIFTON",
County Chairman.
H. L. B. WELLS,
Secty. Ex. Com. 7-13-3tlaw
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WELL FURNISHED ROOMS;
good climate ; if looking for a
good place to rest and enjoy
yourself, come.
Rates S6 to S io per week. Apply
to
(Mrs.) Ella Morgan Osteen,
28 South Mau Street
7-n-iM* Hendersonville, N. C.
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CANDIDATE'S CARD.
For Auditor.
I hereby announce myself a candi?
date for Auditor of Sumter county,
and pledge myself to abide the result
of the Democratic primary.
Robert Muldrow.
I hereby announce myself a candi?
date for County Auditor, subject to the
action of the Democratic primary.
J. D. Wilder.
For Judge of Probate.
Duly appreciating the generous sup?
port of my fellow citizens of Sumter
county in the past, I respectfully an?
nounce myself as a candidate for re?
election to the office of Judge of
Probate at the approaching? primary
election and will abide by the result
of said primary. .
Th os. V. Walsh.
For Congress.
I hereby announce myself a candi?
date for the Democratic nomination
for congress from the seventh con?
gressional district, and pledge myself
to abide the rules an?. regulations of
the Democratic primary.
A. F. Lever.
For County Supt. of Education.
I hereby announce myself a candi?
date for the office of County Superin?
tendent of Education, subject to the
action of the Democratic primary and
pledge myself to abide by the rules of
tlie same. Charles Pinckney.
I hereby announce myself a can?
didate for reelection to the office of
County Superintendent of Education,
pledging myself to abide by the rules
of the Democratic primary.
S. D. Cain.
For the Senate.
I hereby announce myself a candi?
date for State Senator from Sumter
county, subject to the rules of the
Democratic primary.
John H. Clifton.
I hereby announce 'my candidacy
for State Senator for Sumter county
subject to the rules governing the
Democratic primary.
A. K. Sanders.
For the House of Representatives.
I hereby announce that I am a can?
didate for the House of Representa?
tives, subject ;to the action of the
Democratic primary, pledging myself
to support the nominees and abinde by
the result of the same.
George W. Dick.^
For Supervisor.
In announcing myself a candidate
for re-election to the office of county
supervisor I desire to thank the citi?
zens of Sumter county for their lib?
eral support in the past and pledge
myself to abide the result of the pri?
mary. Y$ H." Seale.
For Magistrate.
I hereby announce myself a. candi?
date for re-election to the office of
Magistrate of the Third Judicial Dis?
trict of Sumter county, subject to the
rules of the Democratic party, and
pledge myself to abide the result of
the primary. H. Karby.
The undersigned at-his own urgent
request has consented to become a
candidate for Magistrate in the Sixth
Judicial District of Sumter county and
if elected will endeavor to serve th?
people to the best of his ability. Hs
pledges himself to abide by the rates
and regulation of the Democratic pri?
mary. ** H. C. Be thea
The many friends of Mr. W. R.
Brown nominate him for the office of
Magistrate of the Sixth District and
pledge him to abide the result of the
primary.
I hereby announce that I am a can?
didate for office of Magistrate at Sum?
ter, and I need every vote I can get.
I ask that you give me your votes and
I pledge myself to give you my best
service and abide by the results of the
primary. H. L. B. Wells;
HIGH LIVING
is an everyday aff^ii vvith those who
eat at our restaurant. The best of
food is served at a modest cost.
GOOD EATING
and our bill of fare go together. Well
fed men dine here because they get
what they want and as they want it.
It's a pleasure to pay for good food.
That's why we have so many good
patrons.
THE SUMTER RESTAURANT,
V. E. Branson, Proprietor.
3-21-6m a